Quotes about Perseverance
He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
— Psalm 40:2
My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
— Psalm 42:3
I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”
— Psalm 42:9
Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
— Psalm 42:10
But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.
— Psalm 44:9
You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.
— Psalm 44:11
All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.
— Psalm 44:17
Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
— Psalm 44:18
But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.
— Psalm 44:19
Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
— Psalm 44:22
For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
— Psalm 55:12
My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.
— Psalm 56:2